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<FONT color="green">017</FONT>    package org.apache.logging.log4j;<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>    <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    import java.io.Serializable;<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>    <a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>    /**<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>     *  Markers are objects that are used to add easily filterable information to log messages.<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>     *<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>     *  Markers can be hierarchical - each Marker may have a parent. This allows for broad categories<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>     *  being subdivided into more specific categories. An example might be a Marker named "Error" with<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>     *  children named "SystemError" and "ApplicationError".<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>     */<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>    public interface Marker extends Serializable {<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>    <a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>        /**<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>         * Returns the name of this Marker.<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>         * @return The name of the Marker.<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>         */<a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>        String getName();<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>    <a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>        /**<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT>         * Returns the parent of this Marker.<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT>         * @return The parent Marker or null if this Marker has no parent.<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT>         */<a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT>        Marker getParent();<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT>    <a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT>        /**<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT>         * Checks whether this Marker is an instance of the specified Marker.<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT>         * @param m The Marker to check.<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT>         * @return true of this Marker or one of its ancestors is the specified Marker, false otherwise.<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT>         */<a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT>        boolean isInstanceOf(Marker m);<a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT>    }<a name="line.48"></a>


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